Michael Madsen, Chicago-Born Actor Who Starred in ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill,’ Dies at 67 – ryan

Los Angeles-Michael Madsen, The Actor Best Known for His Coolly Menacing, Stoely-Eyed, Often Sadistic Characters in the Films of Quentin Tarantino Including “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” Has Died.

Madsen was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday Morning and Pronounced Dead, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Watch Commander Christopher Jauregui Said. He is belived to have died of natural causes and autorities will not suspect any foul play was involved. Madsen’s Manager Ron Smith Said Cardiac arrest was the apparent cause. He was 67.

Madsen’s Career Spanned More than 300 Credits Stretching Back to the Early 1980s, Mary in Low-Budget and Independent Films. He offen played low-level thugs, gangsters and shady cops in small roles. Tarantino would use that identity, but make Him a main character.

His torture of a Captured Police Office in Tarantino’s 1992 Directorial Debut “Reservoir Dogs,” in Which Madsen’s Black-Suaited Bank Robber Vic “Mr. Blonde” Vega The Man’s Ear Dancing to Stealers Wheel Both director and actor.

He would Become a Tarantino Regular. He had a small roles as the cowboy-hatred desert Dweller Budd, a Member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, in 2003’s “Kill Bill: Vol. 1,” THEN A STARRING ROLLING THE FOLLOWING IN THE SEQUEL, IN WHICH HE UMA THERTH TRUMAN’S HERE.

Madsen Also appeared in Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” and “Once uppon a time … in Hollywood.” He was an alternate choice to play the hit man roles that Revived John Travolta’s Career in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.” The Character, Vincent Vega, is the Brother of Madsen’s “Reservoir Dogs” Robber in Tarantino’s Cinematic Universe.

MADSEN WAS BORN IN CHICAGO TO A FAMILY OF THREE Children. Hister is Oscar-Nominated “Sideways” Actor Virginia Madsen.

He performed on Stage with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company Alongside Actors Including John Malkovich.

During a handprint ceremony at the tCl chinese theater in november 2020, Michael Madsen reflected on his first visits to Hollywood in the Early 1980s.

“I got out and i walked around and i look and i wondered if there are someday some way that that was going to be a part of. And i didn’t know I didn’t know what i was going to that point with myself, ‘he said. “I COULD HAVE BEEN A BRICKLAYER. I COULD BEEN AN ARCHITECT. I COULD HAVE BEEN A GARBAG MAN. I COULD HAVE BEEN NOTING. I GOT LUCKY.

Growing up in chicago as a firefighter’s Son, Madsen Told the Sun-Times in 1993 he “knew i wand to something with my life, but i didn’t know what. Finally i Put and Two together wen i saw a play, steppenwolf’s` of Mice and Men. ‘ ”

AFTER HANGING OUT ON THE FRINGES OF STEPpenWOLF, A “Casting Woman” sent Him to New York and Italy Director Sergio Leone, WHO HAD CREATED The Clint Eastwood in His-No-Name Westerns.

“He kept telling with he could see something in me,” Said Madsen, “The Same Thing He Saw in Eastwood. It was enCouraaging. But I was too Young, I was 22. TV.

His first film role of any significance was in the 1983 hacker thriller “Wargames” with Matthew Broderick. The Following Year He Played Pro Baseball Player Bump Bump Bumpy Robert Redford in “The Natural.”

He spent much of the rest of the 1980s doing one-off guest roles on television drama including “Miami Vice” and “Quantum Leap.”

1991 Wold Bring a Career Boost With Role in “The Doors,” Where He Played A Buddy of Val Kilmer Morrison, and “Thelma and Louise” Where Played the Boyfriend of Susan Sarandon’s Louise.

After a few years, he felt like he was “was going nowher,” he told the sun. Then came His Star-Making Turn in “Reservoir Dogs,” which was done almost as a favor for Co-Star Harvey Keitel and Director Quentin Tarantino. Suddenly Madsen was in Demand.

In 1995, he played a Black ops mercenary in the sci-fi thriller “Species” and in 1997 he was Third billed after al Pacino and Johnny Depp AS A Member of A Crew of Gangsters in “Donnie Brasco.”

He occsionally Played Against Type. In the 1993 Family Orca Adventure “Free Willy” he was the foster father to the orphan protagonist.

Madsen Wold Return to Smaller Role But Workhed Constantly in the Final Two Decades of His Career.

“In the Last Two Years Michael Madsen Has Been Doing Some Incredible Work With Independent Film Including UpComing Feature Films ‘Resurrection Road,’ ‘Cookbook for Southern Housewives,’ and was really looking to this next in his,” Managers Smith and Susan Ferris and Publicist Liz Rodriguez Said in a Statement. “Michael was Also Preparing to Release a New Book Called ‘Tears for My Father: Outlaw Thoughts and Poems’ Currently Being Edited.”

They Added that “was one of Hollywood’s Most iconic Actors, who will be missed by MANY.”

Virginia Madsen posted a staff on Instagram on Behalf of the family.

“I’ll Miss Our Inside Jokes, The Sudden Laughter, the Sound of Him. I’ll Miss the Boy he was before the legend. I Miss My Big Brother,” Virginia Madsen Wrote.